Little impact on navel exports from US economic woes

Riverland citrus packers say they have managed to escape the impact of fluctuating US markets.

The managing director of Lochert Brothers in Ramco, Robert Lochert, says the lower Australian dollar will improve returns for growers.

Mr Lochert says the current navel export season has not been largely affected by the US financial crisis, because the targeted market has remained faithful.

"The people that buy our fruit would have to be fairly well-to-do, I don't think it's the normal sort of household that would buy our type of expensive fruit, and all I can assume is that these people are not ... having to tighten their purse strings because of the situation," he said.